2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[sembgal]

FantasyLandDreams:

How many questions were there for the maths paper? 15 or 50?

50 Math questions. Heard 1 question is 1 mark. Never see before type of questions!

[TWU]

duration: 1.5 hours, 50 questions

[FantasyLandDreams]

sembgal:

FantasyLandDreams:

How many questions were there for the maths paper? 15 or 50?

50 Math questions. Heard 1 question is 1 mark. Never see before type of questions!

Thanks. All MCQs too for maths? My girl is weaker in English, so as expected, she finds the Maths paper easier than English.

[sembgal]

FantasyLandDreams:

sembgal:

[quote=\"FantasyLandDreams\"]How many questions were there for the maths paper? 15 or 50?

50 Math questions. Heard 1 question is 1 mark. Never see before type of questions!

Thanks. All MCQs too for maths? My girl is weaker in English, so as expected, she finds the Maths paper easier than English.[/quote]There are problem sums type too where you have to fill in answer yourself.

My friend with a son in GEP P4 this year told me her son also did not complete all the maths questions in round 1 of Math GEP screening test last year. Her son still can move on to round 2 and pass it.

Today Math test is 1hr 30 mins, after English paper 1h 15 mins. There was recess break in between.

[sean wife]

The only feedback I can get is that math more difficult…expected also. No idea what sort of question. No time to check. Not easy to even get through first round I guess.

[sembgal]

First Comprehension passage was about a girl who couldn’t read and needs the help of 2 teachers to overcome her reading problem. Eventually the girl managed to read. I think the story is about a girl who has dyslexia.


Second Comprehension passage was about the history of Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist who drew Mona Lisa.

[ankhlet.06013gmail.06013com]

DD said English was easy. Then told me what she answered for Qn 1. Wrong! :rotflmao: She also said math was hard

[westbb]

sembgal:

First Comprehension passage was about a girl who couldn't read and needs the help of 2 teachers to overcome her reading problem. Eventually the girl managed to read. I think the story is about a girl who has dyslexia.


Second Comprehension passage was about the history of Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist who drew Mona Lisa.

my ds said his compre passages are about monkeys and homework, totally different from your dd. so there is more than one set of paper....? :roll:

[phtthp]

They used different booklet, for Round 1 and for Round 2.


Even within the same primary school, P3 students in different classes are given different booklet. That’s why some students English compreh passage is on Mona Lisa, another P3 student’s passage is about monkey.

Because different booklet used, Maths questions also different.
Not standardise the same booklet thoughout all P3 students.

Whichever booklet been used :
all pupils given the same amount of time, for eng (1 hr 15 min) and for Maths (1 hr 30 min)

Since all of them using different booklet, that’s why some kids say they find English more difficult, while another kid may say they find Maths more difficult.


Quite a number of girls had opted out of Gep test today, in her school.

[sembgal]

westbb:

sembgal:

First Comprehension passage was about a girl who couldn't read and needs the help of 2 teachers to overcome her reading problem. Eventually the girl managed to read. I think the story is about a girl who has dyslexia.


Second Comprehension passage was about the history of Leonardo Da Vinci, the artist who drew Mona Lisa.

my ds said his compre passages are about monkeys and homework, totally different from your dd. so there is more than one set of paper....? :roll:

My dd told me her cloze passages are about monkeys and homework.

Indeed there are 2 sets of test papers for English.